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What Is Math?

What Is Math?

by Rebecca Kai Dotlich and Sachiko Yoshikawa
Hardback
Publication Date: 14/03/2023

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An NSTA-CBC 2023 Best STEM Book of the Year​ - A lively celebration of math and all the ways it applies to everyday life.

"A great way to show even the math-averse or math-phobic the many ways that math is hiding in their everyday lives." --Kirkus Reviews

"A delightful first look at STEM." --School Library Journal

What is math? So many things! Counting and calendars, weights and fractions, shapes and distances, charting and graphing. Math is the way we measure and code our world, from seasons to clocks, recipes, classrooms, and beyond. Math is all around us!

Readers will be introduced to:
- Graphs and charts--in the form of pizza pies!
- Counting and weight--when baking a cake!
- Shapes and word problems--to build a spaceship!

This rousing read aloud offers an engaging and accessible introduction to math--perfect for sparking an early interest in STEM subjects for preschool and early elementary school children. And be sure to keep an eye out for a friendly black cat and white dog on each spread as they participate in the math-related hijinks!

ISBN:
9780316337779
9780316337779
Category:
Mathematics
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
14-03-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Dimensions (mm):
238.12x238.12x9.52mm
Weight:
0.37kg
Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Rebecca Kai Dotlich is the author of many children's poetry and picture books, including One Day, The End.; The Knowing Book; Lemonade Sun and, most recently, What If...? Then We....

Her books have won various honors, including the Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award and the Golden Kite Honor Award. She lives near Indianapolis and gives presentations and workshops across the country.

Sachiko Yoshikawa

Sachiko Yoshikawa moved to the United States from Japan in 1988 to study art.

She has illustrated numerous books for young readers, such as Beach is to Fun (named Best Children's book of the Year by the Bank Street College of Education) and What is Science? (a finalist in the Children's Science Picture Book category of the 2007 SB&F Prize).

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